Yoshito Watabe in the head after the jump in Schonach, where open challenge between Frenzel and Rydzek, separated by just 6

In the morning in Schonach went on stage the jump segment of the penultimate race of the season. To establish itself in a very balanced competition was Yoshito Watabe.

Saturday 18 March 2017 4 minutes reading time

The Japanese found a big jump from 103.5m, taking advantage of the extremely favorable conditions encountered in output from the tooth. The Japanese was also good to support a good telemark, with whom he earned high stylistic assessments. Start with a tight lead over: just 9 '' of a great Wilhelm Denifl, 10 '' of Adam Cieslar, author of a remarkable jump, and 11 '' of Kristjan Ilves, in turn very convincing. Fifth starting position for Mario Seidl and Tobias Simon 14 '', followed by Eric Frenzel 15 ''. The yellow bib is not, however, managed to make the difference with the rival for the crystal ball Johannes Rydzek (21 ''), then the two will start substantially together. Both have found good jumps, reaching the same extent, 101m, though the Saxon enjoyed most to the stylistic point of view. Akito Watabe will start at 33 '' by his younger brother, while blue Samuel Costa has closed 23 Â° to 58 '', with a decent jump considering his current state of form. The Gardena precede an interesting trio Philipp Orter (1'01 ''), Magnus Krog (1'05 '') and JÃ¸rgen Graabak (1'06 '') that has to be put in a lot of quality on narrow skis. He has disappointed the expectations Fabian RieÃŸle (1'34 ''), as well as his team-mate Bjoern Kircheisen (2'40 ''). Alessandro Pittin start at 2'02 '', unfortunate as during the jump he failed suddenly the pressure under the skis. It should however be recalled that the Friulian is not at the top after the violent blow to the back suffered in the fall of Trondheim. It is expected a crazy confusion in the bottom segment which will take place at 13.30 hours, as many athletes are enclosed in a matter of seconds, well 23 in a minute, to which is added the fact that the ring must travel has a length of only 1km and 450m, due to the lack of snow in the German locations. So the Combiners much will traffic on the track and overtaking will not be simple. Besides all that will have to face a spring snow, so very heavy.

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